diff --git a/rpmbuild/xpra.spec b/rpmbuild/xpra.spec
index c1f7c6277c..18bfbc45f4 100644
--- a/rpmbuild/xpra.spec
+++ b/rpmbuild/xpra.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %endif
 
 %define py2prefix python
-%if 0%{?fedora}
+%if 0%{?fedora}>=24
 %define py2prefix python2
 %endif